1. Training Room 4

Information Processing 2050

Project 3: Documents for Personal and Business Use

 

Training Room 4: Reports

 

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Does the thought of your teacher assigning a research project stress you out? Don’t worry—after you complete this training room, you will know how to transform your research into an A+ paper. Youโ€šร„รดll learn skills that you can use in all of your high school and post-secondary classes, and as you enter the workforce.

 

In this training room you will

  • learn how to plan a report and identify different report styles and formats
  • learn how to reveal document formatting
  • learn how to use the Outlining feature in the View menu
  • learn how to apply and change styles in a document
  • learn how to manage content in a document
  • learn how to insert and format references
  • learn how to create a title page for a report
  • learn how to create a table of contents and an index
  • learn how to paginate your document using headers and footers
  • learn how to view your document before printing
  • learn how to use Find, Replace, and Go To to navigate your document
  • learn how to insert bookmarks and hyperlinks
  • read and watch demonstrations to learn about report creation
  • use the software to complete practice activities
  • use Help menus and online references for software assistance when you need it
  • save activities in your INF2050: WP 2: Reports folder
  • check your practice activities against provided exemplars and answer keys